Chords for Endgame-(Broadway) Chess

[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Did you make it clear _ that he has to be here?
Does he _ understand _ people lose their [A] time?
[G] How straight forward the game _ when all its [Bm] rules are risk?
Did you make it clear _ _ there are no exceptions?
And these rules are the same for a [G] champion,
[A] _ not [D] for a novice.
No [C] show, no dice, [Em] no appeal, [Gb] no exception, [Bm] no way.
Do you think he knows _ what it's gonna cost him?
Does [Em] the player exist _ [C] _ in any human [Em] _ endeavor?
Do you think he cares?
_ _ _ _ _ Who's been known to resist?
_ [C] _
Sirens [D] of fame [G] and possessions _ threaten [F] to cut off [A]
supplies
[B] and he'll come out to [Em] play.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's the [Bm] weak who _ extol.
[G] _ _ Audrey and [Bm] Ruth's about _ _ freedom. _
Home is where the heart is.
[G] _
Prostituting the _ soul, _ chasing [A] some _ spurious [D] _ starlight. _
Train [C] kits in airports [Em] sufficient to [Gb] lead them [Bm] _ astray.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Everybody suffers.
I'm [Em] no expert in chess.
_ [C] _ Hazard this _ _
[Em] _ prognostication. _ _ _ _ _
_ Everybody suffers.
That the late Mr.
S.
_ [C] has [D] better chances [Cm] of [G] winning the _ [F] Kentucky Derby
[Am] than [B] keeping his _ title [Em] today.
Something's been agreed.
_ _ _ _ Everybody [B] suffers.
_ _ We don't see the [G] jerk _ _ _ even _ coming _ second. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] We are all [E] _ _
[Am] aware of _ [Eb] reputation [A] up for [E] empty chair.
[Am] _ _ _
[B] It's [Am] condemnation of a man who [Em] blew [Dm] his [B] shot on [E] witness _ [F] on _ us.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ No [B] one gives a [Am] damn.
Or gives [Eb] villain [A] a jump [B] from another [E] stand.
[Am] The sick [E] condemn a lot of drunks and fake [Dm] with precious [E] cream of _
[Am] Ghana.
_ _ _ _ We can't [Db] hardly _ [Dm] think in two.
_ _ Imagine why we risk all these for him too.
_ It's falling [A] through [Dm] the years.
[B] The blood, [E] the sweat, [Am] the tears.
[Dm] The late late [Am] _ [E] Maxi [Am] earliest drunk of [Db] Horsea.
The [Dm] grand _ kid.
With that, they're what the judges would expect. _ _ _
The world [A] is set [Dm] to cheer.
[G] The only [E] [Am] one who's here.
[Dm] The bad [Am] guys gone [E] and won [A] their heart. _ _ _
_ _ [E] They'll be still in [D] _
[Dm] bed.
Or in the [D] shower even [Ab] if he's dead.
[Dm] _ It won't [Ab] stop now.
[Am] I'm happy to sell out.
_ [Dm] I'm very happy.
[Bm] _ _ _
[E] _ They _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ all _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ think _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
they [Dm] see a _ man. _ _
Who _ _ [Gm] doesn't _ _ know.
_ Which _ [C] move to _ _ make.
Which _ way to [F] _ go. _ _
_ [A] Whose _ [Dm] private _ _ _ _ life.
[Bb] Has caused _ his [Eb] decline.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ His _ [D] grand _ _ design.
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[D] Some are vicious, some [Gm] are fools.
_ _ _ [Bb] And _ others [Eb] _ _ blind. _ _
To [Cm] _ see [F] in _ _ me.
_ _ One of [Gm] their _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ kind. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ So [Gm] he's gone [D] up.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Db] Situation [A]
where's my appetite.
[D] _ _ [Gm] Or _ [D] concentration.
Why [C] is he [Ebm] so [D] [Cm] focused when my thoughts [D] are [Gm] straying.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Looking at this [D] man.
[Gm] It's her [G] I'm seeing.
Once [D] my greatest fan.
[Gm] And now her [Dbm] being.
[Gbm] He still gets [Eb] to [D] me.
[Cm] And screws the way [D] I'm [Gm] playing.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Here I see a man [Am] _ _ caring.
_ About a minor [E] sporting triumph [Am] _ sharing.
_ A show [E] with _ [Am] esoterics.
[D] _ _
[Eb] Paranoid [Em] systetics.
[Am] Who [Em] don't pay [B] attention.
[E] To what goes on _
[Am] around _ them.
They leave all those they touch.
[E] The way they [Am]
found them.
_ Is this [E] the life I [Am] need.
A [D] childish [B] selfish [Em]
greed.
[Am] While those [Em] who love [B] me bleed [E] to _ _ death.
_ [A] When I think of her.
[Am] Her and [A] her father.
What would she [Abm] prefer. _
[Am] I know I'd rather live my life alone.
[Dm] Than feel [Bm] that I [E] have lost. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ At _ _ last.
He's made a [E] mistake.
I cannot go on hurting [Am] all the people who have [E] lost it. _ _ _
_ [Am] He cannot _ [C] escape [Em] from _ [C] here.
[Gb] Well here [A] we are.
[Dbm] The final _ stages of a soul _ -destroying _ game.
_ The [Fm] _ _
sacrifice _ of someone [Db] I [Gb] will never find [Bbm] _ again.
_ [Eb] _ Never, [E] _ never, [Dbm] _
_ never, [A] _ _ never, [Dbm]
never.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dbm] _ Back the losing [G] _
[Dbm] side.
_ _ [G] Florence [Db] Bassett took you for a [Dbm] ride. _ _
[C] [Bb] Florence [A] [Ab] Bassett [Cm] you [Ab] just [F]
[E] haven't [Eb] got [Dbm] the _ [Bbm] instinct of [Eb] a win.
_ _ There is nothing [Abm] more to _ do. _
No _ [B] hope, [E] no way.
_ _ _ _ _ Save the _ _ [Gb] game.
The _ end [B] of play. _ _ _
_ So [Db] I _ _ _ lose _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
today.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And tomorrow.
[Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ This is the [Ebm] _ _ rematch. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] I may not _ [Eb] live on. _ _ _ _
This is the way.
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Shhh.
_ _ _ [N] He is right.
He is me.
You can't stop. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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